The baby name Neno is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NEH-no (IPA: /ˈne.no/).
Neno is Italian, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.
The baby name Neno is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NEH-no (IPA: /ˈne.no/).
Neno is Italian, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.
Neno is a compact South Slavic given name most often a diminutive of Nenad, itself from the verb nadati “to hope/expect” with the negating ne-, yielding the sense “the unexpected one” or “unexpected gift.” As an affectionate short form it became widely used in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria, and it occasionally stands alone on birth registers from the mid‑20th century onward, especially in urban settings and the diaspora.
Variants and related forms include the source name Nenad; pet forms such as Nene, Nenko (Bulgarian), and Neni; and the feminine counterpart Nena. Beyond the Slavic sphere, Neno also surfaces as a nickname in the Iberian world: in Galician, neno means “boy, child,” paralleling Spanish nene, and in Portuguese and Spanish contexts the byname has sometimes been promoted to a formal given name. This cross‑linguistic familiarity lends Neno an easy, international feel.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HN | Boys | 0 | #52 | 1 | 749 |
| RS | 0 | #84 | 1 | 923 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #100 | 3 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #111 | 306 | 3,997 |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #129 | 26 | 2,277 |
| IQ | 0 | #130 | 4 | 3,533 | |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #135 | 3 | 1,769 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #137 | 1 | 1,651 |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| HR | 0 | #160 | 20 | 2,081 | |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #177 | 2 | 2,508 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #193 | 27 | 3,850 |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #205 | 7 | 3,402 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #216 | 5 | 4,970 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| PT | 0 | #249 | 2 | 4,161 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #270 | 56 | 7,570 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| SA | 0 | #276 | 20 | 10,560 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #322 | 24 | 7,678 |
| LY | 0 | #323 | 231 | 12,703 | |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #327 | 1,246 | 14,742 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #336 | 8 | 15,378 |
| EG | 0 | #346 | 55 | 6,387 | |
| BR | 0 | #355 | 6 | 5,969 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #358 | 10 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #361 | 17 | 7,057 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #382 | 18 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #385 | 12 | 15,987 |
| YE | 0 | #391 | 8 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #402 | 44 | 10,523 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #416 | 89 | 11,303 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #431 | 12 | 2,180 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #444 | 2 | 8,339 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #450 | 32 | 9,305 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #458 | 10 | 7,628 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #468 | 56 | 10,981 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #469 | 19 | 10,188 |
| ZA | 0 | #472 | 3 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #495 | 21 | 19,177 |
| CO | 0 | #507 | 4 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #525 | 24 | 10,655 |
| SY | 0 | #525 | 217 | 11,684 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #532 | 22 | 20,968 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #534 | 228 | 12,213 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #557 | 111 | 13,071 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #558 | 361 | 15,035 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #573 | 45 | 11,648 |
| BH | 0 | #583 | 5 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #595 | 13 | 10,983 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #618 | 5 | 9,244 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| LB | 0 | #639 | 20 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #644 | 22 | 13,390 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| IT | 0 | #705 | 10 | 4,183 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #745 | 191 | 25,931 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #757 | 13 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2011 | #850 | 6 | 7,432 |
| TN | 0 | #859 | 7 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #865 | 14 | 14,506 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #869 | 13 | 17,948 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #882 | 49 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #886 | 35 | 15,656 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #909 | 44 | 5,697 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #912 | 4 | 14,098 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #933 | 50 | 16,355 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #934 | 18 | 5,873 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #988 | 5 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #996 | 6 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,102 | 10 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,110 | 19 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,123 | 19 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,132 | 45 | 20,130 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,139 | 5 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,149 | 4 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,156 | 23 | 25,619 |
| TR | 0 | #1,182 | 30 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,263 | 5 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,324 | 148 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,430 | 185 | 28,008 |
Neno is popular in 68 countries — most recent births per country:
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